# NTSB MIA85LA226: Cessna 210N, N4744C, Melbourne, FL, August 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1985, 13:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Coordinates: 28.080301, -80.599998 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0803&lon=-80.6000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA226
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31438/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA226

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate training, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (cause)

## Analysis

ACT SWERVED LEFT AFTER LANDING AND CRASHED AT DRAINAGE DITC H APPX 50 FT NORTH OF RWY. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO EFFECT A TIMELY RECOVERY FROM THE LEFT SWERVE AND THAT 'A MORE CONSISTENT TRAINING EFFORT COULD SHARPEN MY REACTIONS TO THIS SORT OF UNEXPECTED EVENT.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4744C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4744C), registered now, S/N 21063609, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063609
- Airframe hours: 12332
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO 520 SERIES 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clarence H.Stewart
- Registered owner: William Wacker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 2, 1985, 6 hours before
- Departed: SAV, SAVANNAH, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MLB, Melbourne Regional, runway 9R, 9,481 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 628 total, 174 in this make and model, 555 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLNQ

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850804040499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850804040499A), Aug 4, 1985: Cessna 210N, Melbourne, FL, Substantial damage. Swerved after touchdown. Pilots correction too late to stop aircraft from hitting a drainage ditch.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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